foul

Definitions of foul in various dictionaries:

noun - an act that violates the rules of a sport

verb - hit a foul ball

verb - make impure

verb - become or cause to become obstructed

verb - commit a foul

verb - spot, stain, or pollute

verb - make unclean

verb - become soiled and dirty

adj - highly offensive

adj - offensively malodorous

adj - violating accepted standards or rules

adj - (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines

adj - (of a manuscript) defaced with changes

adj - characterized by obscenity

adj - disgustingly dirty

adj - especially of a ship's lines etc

Offensive to the senses; revolting.

Having an offensive odor; smelly.

Rotten or putrid: foul meat.

Full of dirt or mud; dirty.

Full of impurities; polluted: foul air.

Morally detestable; wicked: foul deeds.

Of a vulgar or obscene nature: foul language.

Very disagreeable or displeasing; horrid: a foul movie.

Bad or unfavorable: in fair weather or foul.

Violating accepted standards or rules; dishonorable: used foul means to gain power.

Contrary to the rules of a game or sport: a foul boxing punch.

Outside the foul lines: a foul fly ball.

Entangled or twisted: a foul anchor.

Clogged or obstructed; blocked: a foul ventilator shaft.

Ugly; unattractive.

An infraction or a violation of the rules of play.

A foul ball.

An entanglement or a collision.

In a foul manner.

To make dirty or foul; pollute.

To bring into dishonor; besmirch.

To clog or obstruct.

To entangle or catch (a rope, for example).

To encrust (a ship’s hull) with foreign matter, such as barnacles.

To commit a foul against.

To hit (a ball) outside the foul lines.

To become foul.

To commit a foul.

To hit a ball outside the foul lines: fouled twice and then struck out; fouled out to the catcher.

To become entangled or twisted: The anchor line fouled on a rock.

To be put out of a game for exceeding the number of permissible fouls.

adj - offensive to the senses